{"id":27343,"date":"2013-05-29T01:18:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T01:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=27343"},"modified":"2013-09-22T00:49:41","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T00:49:41","slug":"us-census-rationalizing-race-in-us-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=27343","title":{"rendered":"US Census: Rationalizing Race in US History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/blog\/us-census-rationalizing-race\" target=\"_blank\">US Census: Rationalizing Race in US History<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynhistory.org\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Historical Society<\/a>, Othmer Library<br \/>\nBrooklyn, New York<br \/>\n2013-04-18, 19:00-21:00 EDT (Local Time)<br \/>\nView the full video of the event <a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/learn\/us-census-rationalizing-race\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>What boxes do you mark on the U.S. Census to describe your heritage?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prior to the year 2000, multiracial people could only check one box in the Race category of the U.S. Census. Now, according to the 2010 U.S. Census, multiracial Americans are the fastest growing demographic group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/releases\/archives\/bios\/nicholas_jones_bio.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nicholas A. Jones<\/a><\/strong>, chief of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Census Bureau&#8217;s<\/a> Racial Statistics Branch in the Population Division<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annmorning.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ann Morning<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor of Sociology, New York University, author of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=15043\" target=\"_blank\">The Nature of Race<\/a><\/em> and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=2458\" target=\"_blank\">Toward a Sociology of Racial Conceptualization for the 21st Century<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/joshbegley\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Begley<\/a><\/strong>, creator of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racebox.org\" target=\"_blank\">Racebox.org<\/a><\/em>, an online archive of U.S. Census forms from 1790 to the present<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/dangerscarf\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Soma<\/a><\/strong>, creator of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.handsomeatlas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Handsome Atlas<\/a><\/em>, a new digital way to explore US Statistical Atlases of the 19th Century<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Moderated by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/erichamako.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Hamako<\/a><\/strong>, doctoral candidate in Social Justice Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.<\/p>\n<p>This event is part of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations<\/a><\/em>, an oral history project and public programming series, which examines the history and experiences of mixed-heritage people and families, cultural hybridity, race, ethnicity, and identity.<\/p>\n<p>View the full video of the event <a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/learn\/us-census-rationalizing-race\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. View photographs from the event <a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/blog\/photos-rationalizing-race?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Census: Rationalizing Race in US History Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Brooklyn Historical Society, Othmer Library Brooklyn, New York 2013-04-18, 19:00-21:00 EDT (Local Time) View the full video of the event here. What boxes do you mark on the U.S. Census to describe your heritage? 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